Nyagwisi Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Nyagwisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 217 | 1:243,971 | 19,796 |
| Kenya | 89 | 1:518,875 | 25,986 |
Nyagwisi (80) may also be a first name.
Nyagwisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyagwisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nyagwisi is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nyagwisi.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyagwisi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nyagwisi is the 881,213th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyagwisi reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most common given name in the world, held by 80 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 243,971. In Tanzania Nyagwisi is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 89 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 4 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 29 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nyangwisi | 94 | 5 | / |
| Nyaguisi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyagwesi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyakwisi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Nyanguisi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Nyakwesi | 75 | 14 | / |
| Nyakwise | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nyangwesa | 71 | 6 | / |
| Nyagwechi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyankwise | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nyangweser | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyangwesha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyang'wechi | 63 | 2 | / |
| Nyakwesa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Niagwezi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Nyakweezi | 59 | 7 | / |
| Nyakwezzi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nyakweesa | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nyankwezi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nnyakwezi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Nyankwesha | 56 | 3 | / |
| Nyankweshe | 56 | 2 | / |
| Nyakweze | 50 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nyagwisi
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